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Marine Turtle Newsletter-Online
Number 147 October 2015

MTN147 Cover
Diurnal nesting female hawksbill turtle at Curieuse Island National Park, Seychelles (see pages 6-11). Photo credit: April J. Burt

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Editorial

mtn147-Guest Editorial: Research Needed to Develop an Improved Life-long Living Tag Applicable to Carapace Scutes of Emergent Hatchling Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles - Charles W. Caillouet, Jr. & Benjamin M. Higgins

mtn147-2Guest Editorial: TEDs, Delayed Mortality, and Strandings of Sea Turtles That Otherwise Appear Normal and Healthy - Charles W. Caillouet, Jr.

Article

mtn147-3Plastic Straw Found Inside the Nostril of an Olive Ridley Sea Turtle - Nathan J. Robinson & Christine Figgener

mtn147-4Curieuse National Park, Seychelles: Critical Management Needs for Protection of an Important Nesting Habitat - April J. Burt, Noël Dunn, Christophe Mason-Parker, Sylvanna Antha & Jeanne A. Mortimer

mtn147-5Fibropapillomas in a Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Caught in Almofala, Ceará, Brazil: Histopathological and Molecular Characterizations - Silmara Rossi, Marco A. Gattamorta, Fabiola E.S. Prioste, Eduardo H.S.M. Lima, Maria T.D. Melo, Paulo E. Brandão, Sheila O. de Souza Silva, Fernanda M. da Silveira & Eliana R. Matushima

mtn147-6Hopper Dredging Impacts on Sea Turtles on the Northern Coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil - Daphne Wrobel Goldberg, Daniella Torres de Almeida, Frederico Tognin, Gustave Gilles Lopez, Gabriella Tira-dentes Pizetta, Nilamon de Oliveira Leite Junior & Roberto Sforza

Report

mtn147-7­­Report of International Symposium on Research/Conservation and Future Prospects of Sea Turtles in Taiwan - I-Jiunn Cheng

Publications

mtn147-8RECENT PUBLICATIONS


Editors Managing Editor Editorial Board
Kelly R. Stewart
NOAA-National Marine Fisheries
Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center
3333 N. Torrey Pines Ct.
La Jolla, California 92037 USA
E-mail: mtn@seaturtle.org
Fax: +1 858-546-7003

Matthew H. Godfrey
NC Sea Turtle Project
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
1507 Ann St.
Beaufort, NC 28516 USA
E-mail: mtn@seaturtle.org

Michael S. Coyne
SEATURTLE.ORG
1 Southampton Place
Durham, NC 27705 USA

Founding Editor

Nicholas Mrosovsky
University of Toronto, Canada

Brendan J. Godley & Annette C. Broderick (Editors Emeriti)
George Balazs
Alan B. Bolten
Robert P. van Dam
Angela Formia
Colin Limpus
Nicholas J. Pilcher
Manjula Tiwari
ALan F. Rees
Kartik Shanker
Oğuz Türkozan
Jeanette Wyneken

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Acknowledgements:

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following organisations: Conservation International, IUCN - Marine Turtle Specialist Group, US National Marine Fisheries Service-Office of Protected Resources, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.

The MTN-Online is produced and managed by Michael Coyne.

The opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily shared by the Editors, the Editorial Board, their institutions, or any individuals or organizations providing financial support.